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How Much Camera Gear Does an Olympics Photographer Have to Haul Up a Bigass Mountain? [Digital Cameras]


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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 8:40 p.m.
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Well, if you're sent by Getty Images, the standard issue kit contains: two Nikon D3ses, 24-70mm lens, 400mm lens, 500/600mm lens, 1.4x teleconverter, batteries and memory cards. And you get to haul all that up a mountain! ...

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Canon's 7D DSLR Makes Serious Power Its Focus


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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
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Sport shooter looking to upgrade to a DSLR for not much money? Your camera is here ...

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Remainders - The Things We Didn't Post: Happy Birthday Photoshop Edition [Remainders]


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canon, engadget, ipod, phone

Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 6:59 p.m.
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In today's Remainders: a celebration. Photoshop turns 20 and reminds us why we love it with laser-eyed babies and an Earth with AT-ATs. We've also got possible iPad preorders, definite MobileMe and Chromium OS improvements, PMA bummers and more ... RIP PMA ... Pentax is the latest manufacturer to bail from PMA, joining Canon and Leica who have also announced that they will not be attending the gigantic photography trade show this year. It could be in protest of the show's relocation from Las

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HP kicks out new touchscreen cameras and camcorders


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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 4:49 p.m.
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HP just dropped five new cameras and three new camcorders at PMA, including a few with touchscreen controls and revamped UIs. The $109 CW450t (pictured above) and $149 CW460t cameras have 2.7- and 3-inch touchscreen, respectively, and 4x optical zoom, while the $169 V5061u and $199 V5560u camcorders have 3-inch touchscreens shoot full 1080p -- the V5560u adds in a 5x optical zoom. That's not all for HP's low-end imaging assault: there's also the $99 CW450 and $129 SW450 cams with 4x zooms, the

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The 12 Best New Phones You Can't Buy [Mobile World Congress]


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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.
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Barcelona's Mobile World Congress came and went, and didn't amount to much in the way of US cellphones. The rest of the world got some seriously nice gear, though. Here's the best of the best of the out of reach ... HTC Legend ... Why You Want It : It's like an HTC Hero, except with Android 2.1, an OLED screen, and a brushed-to-perfection aluminum body, which may be the most stylistically interesting design choice HTC has ever made ... Why You Can't Have It : European availability starts in

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Sony patent application reveals universal, LCD-based game controller


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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 1:02 p.m.
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Well, here's a bit of an odd one. A recent patent application from Sony has not only revealed an LCD-based game controller (which would be notable enough in itself), but an LCD-based, universal game controller that's designed to work with more than one game console. As you can see above, the touchscreen would be able to accommodate various buttons and layouts for different consoles -- Sony even curiously mentions consoles like the Amiga CD-32 and Atari Jaguar (for emulation, perhaps?), in

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Ikea Lamp Used To Make Slide Projector To Bore Friends With [Inventions]


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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.
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Don't try and hide that Leksvik table from me, I can recognize Swedish wood from a hundred miles away. We all own Ikea furniture, it's as certain as death and taxes. But not everyone makes a projector from a lamp ... Instructables member Derte84 cobbled together his projector using just the Isbrytare lamp from Ikea, tape and a couple of photo slides. Very simple, as you can tell. This particular model of lamp has a lens, which is necessary to make the image beam onto a wall, and is what Derte84

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Laptop-Spying School District Superintendent Covers Ass By Claiming Security Feature [Privacy]


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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 11:47 a.m.
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Dr. Christopher W. McGinley, Superintendent of the Lower Merion School District—the district accused of invading students' privacy by accessing their laptop's webcams remotely—has sent an email to parents and guardians explaining why. Kind of: ... ————— Forwarded message ————— ... From: ... Date: Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:33 PM ... Subject: Email from Lower Merion School District ... Dear LMSD Parents/Guardians, ... Our history has been to go to great lengths to protect the

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Olympus' SP-800UZ 30x superzoom starts taking pre-orders


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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 9:40 a.m.
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Thought your decision was made when Nikon's P100 superzoom hit online stores yesterday? You might wanna give Olympus' offering a quick peek as well, as today the SP-800UZ has debuted on Amazon with a similar shipping schedule of three to five weeks. It brings quite the punchy résumé too, with its 30x optical zoom and $349 price both being that little bit better than Nikon's hardware. Additional enticements include a 14 megapixel sensor with dual image stabilization, AF tracking, 720p video

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Humax HD-FOX T2 and Panasonic TX-P42G20B become the first Freeview HD tuners on sale in the UK


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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 9:16 a.m.
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Slowly but surely Freeview HD is making its entry into UK homes. The well-reviewed Humax HD-FOX T2 is living up to its promise of being the very first Freeview HD tuner around, and is now available to buy via the company's online store or at your local electronics outlet. Priced at £180 ($281), its listing on the Humax Direct Sales site has an amusing "this is NOT a recorder" blinking message to inform people that it lacks the PVR functionality that the forthcoming Toshiba HDR5010 will bring.

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